Ironing-board.



R. BPPALMER.

IRONING BOARD.

APPLICATION FILED SEPT. 10, 1915.

1,178,260. Patented Apr. 4,1916.

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RAY B. PALMER, 0F NORWICH, NEW YORK.

IBONING-BOARD.

Application filed September 10, 1915.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, RAY B. PALMER, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of Norwich, in the'county of Ghenango and State of New York,have invented a new and Improved Ironing-Board, of which the followingis a full, clear, and exact description.

My present invention relates to an ironing board structure havingfolding supports for the board, the supports including braces pivotallyconnected at one end and having means whereby to detachably connect theopposite ends of the braces, to variously adjust said braces whereby tovary the height ofthe board or adapt it for other purposes such as abedside table.

The invention also has in view strength and convenience of adjustment.

The invention will be particularly explained in the specific descriptionfollowing.

Reference is to be had to the accompanying description forming a part ofthis specification, in which similar characters of reference indicatecorresponding parts in all the views, and in which: v

Figure 1 is a perspective view of an iron ing board embodying myinvention, and in erect position; Fig. 2 is an inverted plan view oftheboard folded; Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the structure adjusted as inFig. 1; Fig. 4 is a similar view with the supporting elementsdifferently adjusted; Fig. 5 is a side elevation showing an adjustmentto dispose the board at a lower elevation than that illustrated in Figs.1 to 4; and Fig. 6

is a side elevation showing a variant in the adjustment of the parts toposition the board at the same elevation as in Fig. 5.

In carrying out my invention in accordance with the illustrated example,the board proper, 10 is provided in practice with an auxiliary board foruse in ironing sleeves, and the like, the said auxiliary boardll beingdetachably supported, there being a depending pin 12 at the undersideadapted to pass through a corresponding orifice in the board 10 near oneend. Also, a block 13 on the auxiliary board, at the pin 12, iswedgeshaped, the lower end being tapered to enter in a transverse slot14 in the board 10. Thus, when positioned, the auxiliary board 11 willbe sustained with the pin 12 adjacent to across-bar or cleat 15 on theunderside of the board 10 near one end, the block 13 serving to firmlysupport the auxiliary board elevated above the board 10.

Specificationof Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 4, 1916.

Serial No. 49,888.

011 the cleat 15 legs 16 are pivoted, said cleat having trunnions 17 forthe purpose. A second pair of legs 18 is pivotally connected at one endwith a cross-bar 16' of the legs 16 and extends downwardly obliquelytherefrom beneath the board 10 to rest on the floor.

A brace 19 presenting side members is pivotally connected to trunnions1O on a cleat 10 secured to the underside of the board 10 distant fromthe cleat 15, and means are pro vided to variously connect the lower endof the brace 19 in the manner hereinafter described. A second brace 20presenting side members is pivotally connected to a crossbar 18 of thesecond pair of legs 18 and means are provided to variously connect theopposite end of the brace 20.

In full lines in Fig. 1, the brace 19 is detachably connected with thecross-bar l6 on the legs 16 to which the second pair of legs 18 arepivoted, said cross-bar 16 being received in notches19 in the uppersides of the side members of the brace 19. A turn button 21 onthe brace19 serves to prevent displacement of the brace 19 from the crossbar 16 Asecond notch 19 is provided adj acent to the notch 19 and either notchmay engage the cross-bar 16 for adjusting the height of the board. Also,the brace 19 may connect with the cross-bar 20 at either notch 19, asindicated in Fig. 3. Furthermore, the brace 19 may connect with the pin18 of the second pair of legs 18, as indicated in dotted lines in Fig.3, said pin 18 being received inthe lower one of two notches 19 in theunderside of the brace 19, without altering the elevation of the board.V

In Fig. 3 the brace 20 at the end opposite the pivot 18 is shown in fulllines detachably connected with the first pair of legs 16, there being across bar 16 in the lower ends of said legs'which is received in a notch20 or 20 in'the side members of the brace 20 at the underside thereof.In Fig. 1 in full lines the brace 20 is shown detachably connected witha cross-bar 16 above the second pair of legs 18. In either position turnbuttons 22 on the brace 20 prevent displace ment of said brace. Twoother positions of the brace 20 are indicated in dotted lines in Fig. I.In one of these positions the notch 19 in the side members of the brace19 receive a cross-bar 20 of the brace 20. In the second dotted lineposition in which the brace 2 i s b t ntially upright, the side membersof said brace engage between the cleat 10 and blocks 23 secured to theunderside of the board 10. To effect the last adjustment, the sidemembers of the brace 20 are rabbeted as at 20, the reduced ends 20* thusprovided entering between the cleat 10 and the said blocks 23. Tostrengthen the brace 19, it may have a cross-bar 19 In Fig. 5 theelements 19, 20 are adjusted to dispose the board 10 at a somewhat lowerelevation than in Figs. 1 to 4. In this arrangement the cross-bar 18 isengaged with the upper notch 19, and the notch 20 of element 20 isengaged with cross-bar 16. The extent of the vertical adjustment varieswiththe number of notches 19 and the number of notches in. the element20.

In vFig. 6 the board is disposed at the same elevation as in Fig. 5 butby a different relative arrangement of the elements 19, 20. In Fig. 6the element 19 has its notch 19 engaged with the cross-bar 20 of element20.

The full line adjustments of Figs. 3 and 4:,

and the position of the parts in Fig. 6, it

will be seen, leave a greater clearance beneath the board 10, and thestructure, in these adjustments, serves very well as a bed side table,as the board 10 may be disposed to a very material extent above the bed.Dotted line adjustments of Figs. 3 andt andthe arrangement illustratedin Fig. 5, leave less clearance beneath the board 10, and hence thestructure is less-adapted for use as a bedside table, but on the otherhand is more stable for use as an ironing board.

Having thus described my invention, what I claim as new and desire tosecure by Letters Patent, is:

1. A structure of the character described, including elements asfollows: an ironing board, legs pivotally connected at their upper endswith the board near one end of the latter, a second pair of legspivotally connected near one end with the first pair of legs andextending downwardly therefrom beneath the board, a brace pivotallyconnected at its upper end with the board, distant from the first pairof legs, and a second brace.

pivotally connected at one end' with the second pair of legs, therebeing means to end opposite its pivot with one of said elements otherthan the second pair of legs, and there being means to detachablyconnect the first brace at the end opposite the pivot, with one of saidelements other than the board.

2. A structure of the character described, including elements asfollows: an'ironing board, legs pivotally connected at their upper endswith the board near one end of the latter, a second pair of legspivotally connected near oneend with the first pair of legs andextending downwardly therefrom beneath the board, a brace pivotallyconnected at its upper end with the board, and a second brace'pivotallyconnected at one end withthe second pair of legs and detachablyconnected with the first pair of legs, there being meanstodetachablyconnect the end of the first brace opposite its.

pivot with one of said elements other than the board.

3. A structure of the character described, including elements asfollows: an ironing board, legs pivotally connected at their upper endswith the board near one end of the latter, a second pair of legspivotally connected near one end with the first pair'of legs andextending downwardly therefrom beneath the board, a brace pivotally connected at its upper end with the board, disf tant from the connection ofthe firstleg's and having means whereby to detachably. connect itsopposite end with the first legs,

and a second brace below the first brace and pivotally connected at oneend with the second pair of legs distant from the first legs, the saidsecond brace having means at its opposite end to detachably connect thesame with one of said elements other than the second pair'of legs.

In testimony whereof I have subscribed my name to this specification inthe presence of. two subscribing witnesses;

RAY B; PALMER,

\Vitnesses: i I

CUn'rIs PALMER, CYNT IA P LM R.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing tho Commissioner of Patents,

'Washington D. C.

